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October Crisis/War Measures Act

From the early 1960s to the mid 1970s, Quebec was going through a very rough political era. Rising feelings of Quebec inhabitants was leading to disruption in political events, and many places of work for both French, and English Canadians. The feelings of inequality by the Francophones were ...

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Tupac Shakur's Last Album: Makaveli

Makaveli was Tupac Shakur’s last album that he recorded and put out before his tragic shooting and death. The album was released after his death and in the same year as his highly successful double album, All Eyez on Me. The album goes along with his others in the fact that Tupac takes his life ...

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Is There Hope For The Psychopa

In a world full of fears, perhaps the worst one a human being should have is that to be afraid of his fellow man. The human that should be most feared is possibly he who has Anti-Social Personality Disorder, or in layman's terms, the psychopath. The psychopath has probably the most deviant mind ...

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Anti-Social Personality Disorder

In a world full of fears, perhaps the worst one a human being should have is that to be afraid of his fellow man. The human that should be most feared is the one that has or in laymen's terms the psychopath. The psychopath is probably the most deviant mind that exists and treatment is not very ...

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The Civil Rights Movement

Although in most accounts of history the Civil Rights Movement is defined as being from 1955-1968, actions to make blacks equal in America started previous to 1955 and some argue are still going on today. This turbulent time period caused some of the most rapid social and political change that ...

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Prison Overcrowding

Prison Overcrowding As local governments cracked down on crime during the late 1980s and early 1990s, legislation was passed that called for mandatory sentences for repeat offenders, such as California’s “three strikes and you’re out” law. Though California overwhelmingly approved of the tough ...

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Edgar Allan Poe 6

Although not originally well received, Edgar Allan Poe, became one of the most influential literary writers in American history. As a child, he wrote numerous poems, many which were later published. As a young adult he focused much of his attention on short fiction. He was credited with ...

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Domestic Violence

Found at the scene of the crime two dead bodies stabbed brutally, and left to die at their house. This was the story that shocked the country in 1991. This was the start of the O.J. Simpson domestic abuse case that is still going on today. Unfortunately events like this happen many times over ...

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Mentoring

Becoming a mentor can have a tremendous impact on the life of a youngster. Children need someone to look up to that doesn’t necessarily need be a part of their immediate family. Sometimes they have no siblings, or maybe their siblings or parents are busy. Perhaps they have no grandparents to do ...

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The Question Of Legalizing Dru

E-mail: johnkluesner@hotmail.com gs? Drug legalization is an enduring question that presently faces our scholars. This issue embraces two positions: drugs should not be legalized and drugs should be legalized. These two positions contain an array of angles that supports each issue. This brief of ...

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A Clockwork Orange: Violence And Corruption

Alex, the fifteen year old narrator of Anthony Burgess's novel, A Clockwork Orange, lives in a society where violence reigns. This novel has a very direct nature, and is often blunt to the point of offense, but this makes it more powerful and helps to further its point. This point is that ...

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Capital Punishment And The Death Penalty

Capital punishment is the legal infliction the death penalty. It is obviously the most severe form of criminal punishment. (Bedau1) Capital punishment is a controversial way of dealing with violent criminals. The main alternative to the death penalty is life in prison. Capital punishment has been ...

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Drug Prohibition

There are no panaceas for the world's drug problems, but legalizing drugs, un-clog the court system, and free prison space for real criminals. comes as close as any single policy could. Removing legal penalties from the production, sale and use of "controlled substances" would not create a ...

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Hand Guns Must Go

Handguns Must Go People own hand guns for many reasons. Some keep handguns for protection; others collect them as a hobby. There is a substantial amount of people in America that own handguns for one specific reason, to commit crimes. Usually they are committing a crime just by having a gun in ...

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Lynchings In America

Recently, an L.A. Times article (dated 2/13/00) reviewed a new book entitled \"Without Sanctuary\", a collection of photographs from lynchings throughout America. During the course of the article, the author, Benjamin Schwarz, outlined some very interesting and disturbing facts related to this ...

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Aeschylus

was born in Eleusis, a Greek town near Athens, in 525 B.C. He first of the great Greek tragedians, preceding both Sophocles and Euripides, credited with inventing tragic drama. Prior to , plays were primitive, consisting of a single actor and a chorus offering commentary. In his works, he ...

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Terrorism

1) It is very difficult to resolve the international problem of for several major reasons. Terrorists usually don't claim responsibility for their actions until the fuse is lit, it's not a case of Jack The Ripper sending an ear to the cops and warning them who his next victim will be. Terrorists ...

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Gangs In America

Gangs are a very complicated issue that deal with many views, ideas, beliefs and opinions. For one to actually go into depth about gangs one must first understand what a gang is. By definition a gang is, a group of people associated together in some way shape or form. It may sound simple but ...

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Fraud

What is a ? A is when one party deceives or takes unfair advantage of another. A includes any act, omission, or concealment, involving a breach of legal or equitable duty or trust, which results in disadvantage or injury to another. In a court of law it is necessary to prove that a false ...

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The Rise And Fall Of American Communism

During the twentieth century, the popularity of the American Communist party was fueled less by its beliefs, than by the Government’s ever-more-antagonistic attitude toward foreign influences in America. After the armistice of World War I, disillusioned by the political and social turmoil ...

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